A garden salad without the protein might last you a couple of hours before you grow hungry, while disrupting the supply of your brain's primary fuel, glucose. Not all of us will discover new careers over a noon hour, but it certainly presents a prime opportunity to recharge for the afternoon and evening. Speck recommends eating a substantive meal that includes whole-grain carbohydrates and "complete" proteins such as chicken, shrimp, tofu or nuts. Speck said even a 15-minute change of...

The ad also points out that prescription-strength ibuprofen and naproxen Celebrex's chief rivals carry similar government-mandated warnings about cardiovascular risk and that they, too, pose risks to stomachs and intestines. Pfizer says the time is needed to explain Celebrex's risks and benefits and to dispel confusion. The FDA in 2005 also required its strongest warning on Celebrex and prescription-strength ibuprofen, naproxen and other NSAIDs, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs....

Fishing enthusiasts from around the area came to take part in the trout derby at the park's fish hatchery. Now back on the right track the orchestra is in the middle of looking for a new leader to keep the group in tune for the future. The hatchery closed in 2002 because of budget cuts, but re-opened in 2003 when the Riedman Foundation helped fund it. There are several more derbies at the hatchery planned through June and the money they raise helps pay for expenses. The statement comes in...

Even as senators and representatives argued about withdrawal deadlines, they were busy stuffing the supplemental appropriations request with earmark spending and pork projects. I'm all for education in rural areas, and I'm even pro-sugar-beet, in a theoretical and impersonal way. And they're completely inappropriate additions to a spending bill meant to fund our troops. But that doesn't mean they're appropriate projects for the federal government to fund. Let's hope it sees the light of...

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Another is that fewer groups are volunteering for Iowa's Adopt-A-Highway cleanup program, partly because some service groups have aging members and partly because the state program was popular along roads now overseen by cities and counties, said Will Zitterich, the DOT's assistant maintenance director. A small army of Iowa volunteers and state employees is working to remove it, but it's a constant struggle to keep up with the slobs who keep tossing the trash. He said the problem is a...